this is a thunderstorm watch here for parts of illinois and missouri, in towards indiana, but more concerning right now is we have a tornado warning just north of the huntsville area. it looks like we have another tornado warning, possibly towards the kentucky region, and we'll get to that in a moment. but watches mean the conditions are favorable for tornadoes. warnings meaning we are seeing some strong rotation on doppler radar or trained weather spotters. again, this is just ahead of what's going to be perhaps a very destructive, long lasting tornadic event. here's our severe weather ingredients, we've got the slight risk for much of the southeast across the ohio river valley, tennessee river valley, our moderate risks are in the red, then a high risk area, something that they rarely issue unless they are completely certainry -- we are going to see long lasting, destructive tornadoes, louisville, lexington, nashville, tennessee, you're within that area of high risk. back to you bill. bill: so northern alabama, tornado warning, which is different from a watch, because that means one has bee